4th Quarter - Report

THE NICKLES GROUP, LLC for HOSPICE ACTION NETWORK

Firm
Client
Income
$43,749
Expenses
—

What was lobbied

3 issue areas, each in the filer's own words, with who lobbied on it and where.

Veterans VET

Issues related to We Honor Veterans program.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
STEPHANIE BADGER —
JEFF CHOUDHRY —
MARY BETH SAVARY TAYLOR —

Contacted: Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); SENATE; Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Medicare/Medicaid MMM

Issues concerning reimbursement for the Medicare hospice benefit. S. 980 and H.R. 1828, Rural Access to Hospice Act of 2017. S. 1334 and H.R. 2797, Patient Choice and Quality Care Act of 2017. Issues related to advanced illness care and management. S. 693 and H.R. 1676, Palliative Care and Hospice Education and Training Act. Issues related to regulatory relief. H.R. 5041 / S. 2659, Safe Disposal of Unused Medication Act. H.R. 6, SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act as it pertains to the disposal of unused controlled substances; S. 2661, Hospice Safe Drug Disposal Act of 2018, S.2680, Opioid Crisis Response Act of 2018 as they pertain to the disposal of unused controlled substances.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
STEPHANIE BADGER —
JEFF CHOUDHRY —
MARY BETH SAVARY TAYLOR —

Contacted: Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA); Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; SENATE; Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS)

Bills named: H.R. 1828 (115th), S. 693 (115th), S. 1334 (115th), H.R. 6 (115th), S. 2680 (115th), H.R. 2797 (115th), S. 2661 (115th), S. 980 (115th), H.R. 5041 (115th), S. 2659 (115th), H.R. 1676 (115th)

Budget/Appropriations BUD

Monitored H.R. 6157, Department of Defense and Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations Act and Continuing Appropriations Act. Monitored H.R. 695, Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act of 2019.

LobbyistCovered position, as disclosed
STEPHANIE BADGER —
JEFF CHOUDHRY —
MARY BETH SAVARY TAYLOR —

Contacted: Health & Human Services, Dept of (HHS); Centers For Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); SENATE; HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES; Veterans Affairs, Dept of (VA)

Bills named: H.R. 6157 (115th), H.R. 695 (115th)

Shown as published by the Senate Office of Public Records and the House Clerk under the Lobbying Disclosure Act. The official filing is the record; open it for the full form.